Gearing.



E. RUE.

GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22. 1916.

Pateuted Sept. 19, 1916.

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Inventor m M w v z 1 m y Attorneys 'E. RUE,

GEARING.

APPLICATlON FILED JAN. 22. I916.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

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GEARING.

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Witnesses Inventor b M Y Attorneys UNITED TATE PE T FFIQ.

EDWARD RUE, 0F AIVIBOY, MINNESOTA.

GEARING.

Application filed January 22, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD RUE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Amboy, in the county of Blue Earth andState of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Gearing, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a gearingadapted tobe employed primarily but not exclusively in connection with awringer and a washing machine.

One object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby the rollsof the wringer may be reversed.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby thewringer may be swung around into different positions with respect to thetub, without breaking the operative connection bewteen the rolls of thewringer and the means whereby the rolls are driven.

lVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 shows in perspective, the gearingforming the subject matter of this application em bodied in a combinedwashing machine and wringer; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the wringerand a portion of the operating mechanism, parts being broken away; Fig.3 is a sectional view taken through the mechanism at one end of thewringer, parts appearing in elevation; Fig. 4 is a top plan showing asupporting bracket which enters into the construction of the machine;Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken through the casing wherein certainof the driving gears are located; Fig. 6 is an elevation showing theworm wheel and sundryother elements whereby motion is. imparted to thewasher; Fig. 7 is a. section taken approximately on the line 77 of Fig.5; Fig. 8 is an end elevation showing one of the clutches.

The novelty in the present invention resides in the gearing whereby thewringer and the washing machine are operated and I am aware of the factthat in this app1ica- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

Serial No. 73,700.'

tion, neither a washing machine nor 'a wringer can be claimedspecifically. In view of the foregoing, and in view of the fact that thewashing machine and the wringer may be fashioned variously, withoutjeopardizing the utility of the inven tion, the description of thewashing machine and the wringer will be shortened accordingly.

The numeral 1 designates a tub constituting a part of a washing machineand provided intermediate its ends and upon its upper edge with a. crossbar 2, the tub 1 being supported on legs 3 carrying braces 4, the bracessupporting at one end a platform 5. Pivo'ted at 6 to the other ends ofthe braces 4: is a radius rod 7 which is a composite structure, the sameincluding a U- shaped foot 8 and a stem 9 connected with the crown ofthe foot rigidly. Pivoted at 10 to the upper end of the stem 9 oftheradius rod is a substantially horizontal link 11, the inner end ofwhich is pivoted as shown at 12 to a crank 14 upstanding from a shaft 15journaled for rocking movement in bearings 16 carried by the cross bar 2of the tub 1. The shaft 15 is provided with oppositely projectingextensions 17 carrying pounders 18 operating within the contour of thetub 1.

Pivoted at 19 to the foot 8 of the radius rod 7 for compound rockingmovement is a pitman 20, loosely pivoted for compound movement as shownat 21 to a worm wheel 24: secured to a vertical shaft 25 journaled in abracket 26 carried by a platform 5. The worm wheel 24 operates within acasing 27 attached to the platform 5, the casing 27 having a slot 28 ofsufficient size to permit the ,rod 20 to operate properly. Projectingfrom the bracket 26 is an arm 29 carrying a bearing 30. A tubular casing31 is connected with the end of the bearing 30, or otherwise supported,the casing 31 carrying an oil plug 32. Journaled for rotation in thebearing 30 and xtended within the casing 31 is a shaft 33 carrying aworm 3 1 meshing into the worm wheel 24, the plug 32 constituting ameans whereby the worm and the worm wheel may be lubricated. One end ofthe shaft 33 1s received in a recess 35 formed in the end of a sleeve36, the said end of the shaft being held in the recess 35 foradjustment, by means of vSet screws 37 threaded into the sleeve 36. In

one end of the sleeve 36 there is formed a pulley 40 secured by means ofa set screw 11 to a shaft 42 constituting a part of a motor 48 carriedby the platform 5, the motor preferably being driven electrically. Thepulley 40 is used when it is desired to employ the motor 43 for drivingsome machine other than the wringer or the washing machine disclosed inthis application. Under such circumstances, it may be desirable not tooperate the wringer or the washing machine, and then the set screws 37are loosened so that there is no operative connection between the shaft%2 and the shaft 33. The casing 27 is provided with an upstanding neck44: received in an opening 4.5 fashioned in a ring or keeper 46 havingperipheral notches 4:7 and connected to or formed integrally with anangle bracket 18 attached to one corner of the tub 1.

The invention comprises a support in the form of a pair of rods or bars49 secured to a bearing 50, the shaft 25 passing upwardly through theneck f-l and being journaled for rotation in the bearing 50. The bearing50 is provided with an upstanding, box-like casing 51. Pivoted to theends of the bars 49 is a latch 52 which, when swung downwardly, isadapted to coact with any of the notches L7 in the ring or keeper 16.The upper end of the shaft 25 is received for rotation in a bearing 53carried' by the upper end of the box-like casing 51, and access is hadto the upper end of the shaft 25, for lubrication, through the medium ofan oil plug 54: threaded into the top of the casing 51. Located withinthe contour of the casing 51 and se cured to the shaft 25 in verticallyspaced relation are beveled pinions 55 and 56 adapted to mesh one at atime, or adapted at the same time to be out of engagement with, abeveled gear 57 carried by a shaft 58 journaled for rotation in awringer frame 59, the shaft 58 carrying a roller 60 cotiperating with aroller 61, the rollers 60 and 61 being operatively connected by means ofgear wheels 62 or in any other suitable manner.

The numeral 63 indicates any pressure means, common in wringers. andadapted to secure a proper coiiperation between the rollers 60 and 61.

The wringer frame 59 is pivotally connected with the support comprisingthe bars 49, by means of. links 6%. Fulcrumed as shown at 65 on thecasing portion 51 of the bearing 50 is a bell crank 66. one arm 67 ofwhich is pivoted as shown at 68 to the wringer frame 59, the other armof the bell crank upstanding to form a handle 69. the handle 69 beingequipped with any suitable latch mechanism 70. under the control of anoperator and adapted to coact with a notched keeper 71 formed integrallywith or constituting a part of the casing 51.

In practical operation, when the motor 43 is in operation, the shaft 42will drive the shaft 33, the latter imparting rotation to the worm 34,the worm driving the worm wheel 2st, and the pitman 20 swinging theradius rod comprising the foot 8 and the stem 9. The radius rod 89actuates the link 11 and the link 11 through the instrumentality of thecrank 14:, rocks the shaft 15, the extensions 17 of which serve to movethe pounders 18 within the contour of the tub 1.

Then the Worm wheel 24 is rotated, the shaft 25 is rotated also. Fromthe shaft 25, motion is transmitted by the beveled pinion 55 or thebeveled pinion 56 into the beveled gear 57, the latter rotating theroller 60, and the roller 60 rotating the J roller 61 through the mediumof the intermeshing gear wheels 62. The latch may be disengaged from thekeeper 71, and then the bell crank 66 may be swung on its fulcrum 65 bymeans of the handle 69. Under such circumstances, the part 67 of thebell crank will raise and lower the wringer frame 59, the latterswinging on the links 64 as a fulcrum. In this manner, the beveled gear57 may be brought into mesh with the beveled pinion 55 or with thebeveled pinion 56, thus to secure a rotation of the rollers 61 and 60 inone direction, or in an opposite direction, thereby bringing about areversal. When the beveled gear 57 is in mesh neither with the beveledpinion 55 nor the beveled pinion 56, then no rotation will be impartedto the roller 60 from the shaft 25.

By disengaging the latch 52 from the notches 47 in the keeper 16, thewringer frame 59 may be swung around into different positions, with theshaft 25 as an axis of rotation, the bearing 50 rotating on the shaft.Although the wringer frame 59 may thus be swung around to assumedifferent positions, and be held in adjusted positions by engaging thelatch 52 with the notches 57, the driving train between the shaft 25 andthe roller 60 is not necessarily broken, since the beveled gear 57 maymove around orbitally, in mesh with the beveled pinion 55 or in meshwith the beveled pinion 56.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a deviceof the class described, a base; an upright shaft journaled for rotationin the base; means for driving the shaft; a support in which the shaftis rotatable; a frame pivoted at one end to the support; a rollercarried by the frame; a gear wheel operatively connected with theroller; a pair of pinions on the shaft; and means for raising andlowering the other end of the frame, thereby to cause the gear wheel tomesh into the pinions selectively.

2. In a device of the class described, a base; an upright shaftjournaled for rotation in the base; a support mounted to swing on theshaft transversely of the shaft; means for holding the support inadjusted positions circumferentially of the shaft; a frame pivoted atone end to the support; a roller carried by the frame; a gear Wheeloperatively connected With the roller; a pair of pinions on the shaft;and means for raising and lowering the other end of the frame, therebyto cause the gear Wheel to coact With the pinions selectively.

3. In a device of the class described, a

base; an upright shaft journaled for rotation in the base; a supportmounted to swing on the shaft transversely of the shaft; means forsecuring the support in adjusted positions circumferentially of theshaft; a frame pivoted at one end to the support; a roller carried bythe frame; a gear Wheel operatively connected With the roller; a pair ofpinions on the shaft; a bell crank mounted on the other end of the frameand constituting a means for raising and lowering the frame, thereby tocause the gear Wheel to mesh into the pinions selectively; asupport-carried fulcrum for the bell crank; and latch mechanism carriedby the bell crank, the said support being provided With a keeperWhereWith the latch mechanism is adapted to engage. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD RUE. Witnesses:

T. W. BoEsoH, L. CORNELL.

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